Helpful Hints; How To Save Energy - Pkm BIC3 I-GK-IX-2 Mode D'emploi

4.5 Helpful hints

 We recommend to use the supplied baking tray provided with your appliance.
 It is also possible to bake in cake tins and trays bought somewhere else. For
baking it is better to use black trays which conduct heat better and
shorten the baking time.
 Shapes and trays with bright or shiny surfaces are not recommended when using
the conventional heating method (top and bottom heaters).The use of such tins
can result in under-cooking the base of cakes.
 Before you take a cake out of the oven, check that it is ready using a wooden
stick (when the cake is ready the stick should come out dry and clean after
having been inserted in the cake).
 When switching off the oven leave the cake inside for about 5 minutes.
 Cook meat with a weight of more than 1 kg in the oven. Cook smaller pieces of
food on the hob.
 Use oven-proof cookware only. Check that their handles also are oven-proof.
 When you cook meat on a grillage, insert a drip tray with a small amount of
water in the oven (minimum rack height).
 Turn over meat at least once.
 Never pour cold water on the meat.

4.6 How to save energy

 Use proper cookware for cooking. Cookware with thick, flat bases can save up
to1/3 of electric energy. Remember to cover your cookware if possible;
otherwise you will use four times as much energy!
 Match the size of the cookware to the surface of the heating plate.
 A cookware should never be smaller than a heating plate.
 Ensure that the heating plates and the cookware are clean.
 Soils prevent heat-transfer. Repeatedly burnt-on spillages can often be removed
by products, which will damage the environment, only.
 Do not uncover the cookware too often (a watched pot-content will never
boil!).
 Do not open the oven door unnecessarily often.
 bottom heat on
 switches on the bottom heater of the oven, e.g. for final
backing from the bottom.
 top heat and bottom heat on
 allows the oven to be heated conventionally.
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